TRSL Board announces retiree run-off election
July 7, 2017
Baton Rouge—In the recent retiree election for the TRSL Board of Trustees, no candidate received more than 50% of the vote. A run-off election will be held with the top two candidates, who received the most votes, on the ballot.Moving forward in the run-off election will be Jerry J. Baudin, Ph.D. of Baton Rouge and David E. Gullatt of Simsboro. The primary election results are as follows:
| Jerry J. Baudin, Ph.D. (Baton Rouge) | 47.40% |
| David E. Gullatt (Simsboro) | 16.83% |
| Eula M. Brown Beckwith (New Orleans) | 9.50% |
| Walter C. Lee (Shreveport) | 6.56% |
| W. Harry Ingalls (Pineville) | 5.27% |
| Sharon Guy Hornsby (Greensburg) | 4.77% |
| Irvin R. West (Hammond) | 3.40% |
| Frank Vine (Zachary) | 3.21% |
| Terrence “Terry” Young, Jr. (Metairie) | 2.99% |
Voting information for the run-off election will be mailed to eligible voters at the end of this month, and the deadline to vote is 4:30 p.m., Wednesday, August 30. Run-off election results will be announced at the TRSL board meeting in September.
The person receiving the most votes will represent retired members on the board for a four-year term beginning January 1, 2018.